Forever and Ever Episode 1 Recap
> Forever and Ever Recap
Shi Yi is a well-known voice actress in Shanghai. Producers paid handsomely to invite her. She is gentle and likable, and keeps a low profile in her work, earning high praise from her colleagues. Her agent, Mei Lin, accepted a recording task in Shanghai for Shi Yi. Shi Yi worked overtime to finish recording an ancient costume movie, which tells the poignant love story of the Junior Prince of Nanchen, Zhou Shengchen, and the Crown Princess.
As time was tight, Shi Yi packed her luggage in advance. Mei Lin handed the recording materials to her. After finishing the recording, Shi Yi hurried to the airport by taxi, but her emotions were still deeply immersed in Zhou Shengchen's story and she couldn't extricate herself. She sighed with emotion the whole way. After quickly completing the boarding procedures, Shi Yi went through security check.
The alarm kept beeping, so the staff asked her to take off her high heels for another check. Zhou Shengchen, an associate professor of Chemistry at Berkeley University, was flying to Xi'an for a business trip. He was also going through security check here. Because he was in a hurry, he left his ID card in the security tray.
Shi Yi heard Zhou Shengchen's name and quickly went after him to say hello, repeatedly explaining that she had just finished dubbing a movie whose protagonist was also named Zhou Shengchen. Unexpectedly, Zhou Shengchen had also watched that movie. Shi Yi proactively asked Zhou Shengchen for his contact information. He had just returned from Germany and hadn't gotten a domestic phone card yet, so he gave Shi Yi his email address.
The airport loudspeaker kept urging Shi Yi to board, so she had to say goodbye to Zhou Shengchen in a hurry and leave. From that day on, Shi Yi often kept in touch with Zhou Shengchen via email. They communicated back and forth and hit it off very well, but never met again. This continued for half a year.
Her best friend, Hong Xiaoyu, learned about the online romance between Shi Yi and Zhou Shengchen and tried her best to bring them together. When Hong Xiaoyu found out that Zhou Shengchen was coming from Germany to a research institute in Xi'an for lectures and exchanges, and she happened to be going to Xi'an on a business trip, she earnestly persuaded Shi Yi to meet Zhou Shengchen.
Shi Yi sent an email to Zhou Shengchen that very night to inform him. Mei Xing is Zhou Shengchen's good friend. When he learned that Zhou Shengchen was coming to Xi'an, he eagerly came to see him, bringing the wedding invitation for Zhou Shengchen's younger brother, Zhou Wenchuan. While he was there, he urged Zhou Shengchen to meet the blind date arranged by his family. Zhou Shengchen was not interested and had to make excuses to decline.
Shi Yi and Hong Xiaoyu soon arrived in Xi'an. Without resting, they immediately started working. Hong Xiaoyu and her colleague Liu Shuai took Shi Yi to interview a couple who had made generous donations. After the interview, the three of them went to eat together. Zhou Shengchen also came to eat here, and he unexpectedly ran into Shi Yi.
He then realized that Shi Yi had sent him an email beforehand, but he was too busy with work to check it. Liu Shuai invited Zhou Shengchen to join them for dinner. His student, He Shan, hurried to pick up Zhou Shengchen for a seminar. Zhou Shengchen had to say goodbye to Shi Yi. Shi Yi also found it inconvenient to ask him to stay.
Hong Xiaoyu seized the opportunity to invite Zhou Shengchen to go cherry blossom viewing at Qinglong Temple together. Zhou Shengchen agreed to discuss the specific time after the rain stopped. Hong Xiaoyu had a good first impression of Zhou Shengchen and was eager to help Shi Yi and him get together, so she prayed to the heavens for the rain to stop quickly.
Early in the morning, Shi Yi opened her computer and received an email from Zhou Shengchen inviting her for cherry blossom viewing at twelve o'clock. Shi Yi hurriedly woke up Hong Xiaoyu and even specifically changed into beautiful clothes. The two of them rushed to the appointment early. Liu Shuai arrived at Qinglong Temple later, and Zhou Shengchen arrived on time. Hong Xiaoyu pulled Liu Shuai aside, giving Shi Yi and Zhou Shengchen a chance to be alone.
Shi Yi and Zhou Shengchen lingered on the Cherry Blossom Avenue, enjoying themselves so much that they forgot to leave. The more they talked, the more they hit it off. Zhou Shengchen took Shi Yi, Hong Xiaoyu, and Liu Shuai to a tea house opened by He Shan's family for tea. Hong Xiaoyu casually asked about Zhou Shengchen's hobbies. To her surprise, he loved watching TV dramas and had watched "A Step into the Past" as many as 79 times.
Shi Yi was instantly dumbfounded. He Shan pulled Zhou Shengchen and Shi Yi to play Dou Dizhu (Fight the Landlord). Zhou Shengchen had an unbeatable hand, so the two of them had no choice but to concede defeat. Seeing that it was getting late, He Shan accompanied Zhou Shengchen back to the research institute by bus. Shi Yi, Hong Xiaoyu, and Liu Shuai waited by the roadside for a taxi, but after waiting for a long time, none came.
Suddenly, a private car arrived to pick them up. Only then did Shi Yi realize that Zhou Shengchen had asked He Shan to book a car to take them back to the hotel, which warmed her heart. Tong Jiaren is a teacher at the research institute. She is Zhou Shengchen's ex-girlfriend and is now going to marry Zhou Shengchen's younger brother, Zhou Wenchuan.
She personally came to give Zhou Shengchen the invitation and took the opportunity to explain her helplessness to him. Zhou Shengchen didn't buy it at all and advised her to cherish her relationship with Zhou Wenchuan. Tong Jiaren was rebuffed and left silently with tears in her eyes. He Shan saw Tong Jiaren leave crying and advised Zhou Shengchen not to let Shi Yi's deep affection go to waste. Zhou Shengchen told him not to talk nonsense.
